Official Reviews Look at How the State Investigates, Punishes Assaults

BILLINGS, Mont.—A pair of official probes into Montana's criminal-justice system have spurred a closer look at how sexual-assault cases are investigated and rapists punished in this sparsely populated state.

Montana's top court is set to rule soon on a rare state complaint against a judge for an "overly lenient" 30-day sentence in a rape case involving a teacher and a student, in which the judge commented that the...